Hospitality and service industries

 This handbook is the definitive reference text for the study of 'dark tourism', the contemporary commodification of death within international visitor economies.

In order to respond to the dynamic changes taking place in the competitive world of tourism, marketing programs need to be constantly adjusted and updated to take account of new market research.

This fascinating book introduces travelers-of the body or the mind-to a few simple economic concepts that will help them to think differently and more deeply about the differences between the people and the places they visit during their journeys.

This book includes papers presented at the 6th Arte-Polis International Conference.

Football is an incredibly powerful case study of globalization and an extremely useful lens through which to study and understand contemporary processes of international migration.

This book features a collection of high-quality and peer-reviewed papers from the 2022 6th International Conference on Applied Economics and Business (ICAEB), which was held in Stockholm, Sweden, during August 24-26, 2022.

This publication titled, ';Encyclopaedia of Tourism Planning and Hospitality Management' provides readers with an introduction to management of tourism, ecotourism operators and hospitality industry.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

The bioregion of Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea possesses a unique natural heritage stretching back over 80 million years since the break-up of the great southern continent of Gondwana.

More than ever, our economy relies on the service industries - but selling services is far different from selling tangible products.

A people's lifestyle is one thing, their death-style another.

This book is a concise and accessible introduction to positive organizational behavior in sport, a new and dynamic approach to sport management.

La question du rôle des transports en général et des transports routiers en particulier dans le processus de développement économique et social des pays est une vieille problématique, mais qui garde toute sa fraîcheur au regard du caractère toujours actuel du débat.

This book addresses the various ways in which modern approaches to the protection of national security have impacted upon the constitutional order of the United Kingdom.

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A Wall Street Journal reporter's account of the radical transformation of the fashion industry, "e;filled with insider details"e; (Library Journal).

Accounting research in emerging economies has been growing significantly over the last two decades due to the increasing recognition of the roles that accounting systems play in these environments.

The express delivery industry plays a pivotal role in fostering social and economic advancements.

For many decades, Western European countries have undertaken diverse pathways in tourism development and planning.

We have interviewed event planners and professionals who have held more than their share of conferences, workshops, and seminars, and they've shared their successes, and failures, to help you achieve, and avoid, the same things.

The tourist experience is multi-faceted and dynamic, as tourists engage with its formation and creation.

Public Value speaks to our time - to the role that museums can play in creating civil societies, to the challenges involved in using limited assets strategically, to the demand for results that make a difference and to the imperative that we build the kind of engagement that sustains our futures.

In a world that is increasingly unstable, intelligence services like the American CIA and the United Kingdom's MI6 exist to deliver security.

Public Value speaks to our time - to the role that museums can play in creating civil societies, to the challenges involved in using limited assets strategically, to the demand for results that make a difference and to the imperative that we build the kind of engagement that sustains our futures.

Examines IT applications in all sectors, including airlines, travel intermediaries, accommodation, food service, destinations, attraction, events and entertainment.

The marketing of tourist destinations requirescontinuous strategic planning and decision making.

Recent years have seen an explosion in research on tourism volunteering.

Planning Research in Hospitality and Tourism, third edition is an accessible, concise and practical guide to planning, conducting and analysing research in tourism and hospitality.

This study of bank behaviour and banking regulation, first published in 1993, continues to provide through its close analysis valuable insights into the issues of modern banking.

This is the only book to introduce the history, organisation, management and development of sport in Australia.

This book studies the transformation of modern maritimity practices in coastal areas (such as swimming, navigation and tourism) and their implications to the development of Brazilian coastal cities, with an emphasis on the Northeast part of the country.

Intended as a guide for wildlife managers and ecotourism operators, as well as interested ecotourists, this book addresses the biological principles governing how ecotourism affects wildlife.

An accessible introduction to the reasons for and the ways of Jewish prayer.

This concise and thought-provoking book examines the myths and realities surrounding the value of sport.

Hospitality management systems have evolved into sophisticated, well integrated, multi- discipline tools capable of helping properties of all types and sizes attract more guests, generate more revenue and reach much-improved levels of efficiency.

Digital sport marketing is a new, dynamic and rapidly evolving area that is having a profound impact on contemporary sport business.

Don Bradman on his 'small' contribution to cricket.

This field guide provides methods and studies on how-to-do case study research in natural settings.

Sport management is a rapidly developing industry which continues to grow in size and scope on an international scale.

From the Olympic Games to community-level competitions, sports events can be complex and pose a particular set of managerial challenges.

This book examines how to optimize design management processes in order to produce innovation within organizations.

The textbook covers the application of human factors in different facets of tourism and hospitality industry.

This book is designed to show all those working in this industry and those who manage them how to do that.

This book presents a collection of the latest research in the area of immersive technologies, presented at the International Augmented and Virtual Reality Conference 2018 in Manchester, UK, and showcases how augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are transforming the business landscape.

In an era marked by unprecedented technological advancements, the retail industry is at the forefront of a transformative journey.